Work In Progress Wednesday v.3

Okay, technically, it's actually late on the evening of "Tinking Tuesday", which is lots less fun than Work In Progress Wednesday, but I have to go pick up Mr. Right from the airport (yay!) tomorrow night, and am experimenting with the whole post-this-later feature on Blogger.  We'll see how it goes...

I made lots of progress on Avast over the weekend in Albuquerque, but had to stop at 16" to make sure the armholes will be in the right place and I need Mr. Right for that.  So here it sits, looking like this:

Not bad for a couple of weeks.  I'm looking forward to starting the armholes and knitting some sleeves and doing something slightly more interesting than miles of stockinette.  It is nice once in a while to be able to knit and think entirely about other, more interesting stuff -- like what's for dinner, or how this episode of X-Files is going to end (I <3 Netflix!).

Since I've had to set the sweater aside, I decided to start on those Hedgerow socks I mentioned last week.  I don't have much to show yet, but it's a start.  So far, I have one cuff and one 4-row pattern repeat (minus the 2 rounds I've had to tink back...) done.  Here it is in all its glory...

I have a few things to share about these socks.  First, a public service announcement for anyone considering knitting charcoal sock yarn on size one ebony needles -- DON'T.  If I'm not blind by the end of the week, it will be a minor miracle.  Yeesh.  Secondly, this isn't the most fun pattern in the world to knit.  The rows are only slightly different, which leaves me muttering the stitch pattern (sometimes out loud, some times in my head) to myself over and over and over.  I suppose it will sink in eventually.  But the flip side is that they're super cute, and if I like wearing simply patterned socks, which I do, then I should learn to live with it. This must be what they're referring to when they talk about suffering for one's art...

Can't wait to see what everyone else has been working on this week!